Thursday, June 2, 2011

How Does It Feel?

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Sarah Palin's Cross Country Tour Bus

﻿﻿ Back in 2007, when Two Sisters From The Right first began to blog, the race for the presidential election of 2008 was beginning to heat up. Names were being bandied about in both parties. People did wonder if that young senator from Illinois who had spoken at the previous Democratic convention would decide to run for president. The GOP side was in a similar situation, no one really knew who would win the nomination, and as they are now, they were very divided. The only factor that was not in the picture then was The Tea Party - America's patriots who finally found their voice on April 15, 2009.

But before The Tea Party was even a gleam in anyone's eye, Two Sisters From The Right had decided to publish a poster on our website that said, "Draft Sarah Palin." Neither one of us recalls how we had first heard her name, but we began to read about her and liked what we learned. Imagine our surprise when John McCain announced that he had chosen her to be his running mate? Americans did not know Sarah Palin, but after her speech at the Republican Convention of 2008 her name became a household word, and her ability to stir up GOP supporters, and bring in the crowds was astounding.

With the emergence of Sarah Palin as a political figure there was another noticeable event. The mainstream media immediately hated her. They tried to leave no stone unturned to discredit her and to destroy her character and her reputation. It wasn't enough that every leftist journalist was attacking her at every turn, but then they began their assault on her children as well. Her husband was not unscathed. It was the most scurrilous form of journalism we had ever seen towards a woman who until a few weeks before was a virtual unknown.

Even after the election was over, Sarah Palin retained the ability to bring in the crowds. When she endorsed the Tea Party movement, she became even more liked, more in demand. She was plain spoken and said what was on her mind. The comedians, and television talking heads had a field day at her expense, but she carried on.

Now every one waits to see if Sarah Palin will decide to run for president. Her somewhat ambiguous and "mysterious" bus tour across America has everyone in suspense. Network executives and newspaper editors send their people out to get the daily Palin story, and Sarah Palin is having her way by keeping them in the dark.

They have accused her of treating them like paparazzi and even of endangering their safety having to follow her around, and not having an itinerary to guide them. Ah, revenge is so sweet! We're sure she's having a ball.

So true. Michelle Malkin, writing for the National Review wrote an excellent article on Sarah Palin's relationship with the "lamestream media." Two Sisters From The Right are not writing this as an endorsement of Sarah Palin for president. We really have not made up our minds who the candidate we choose to support will be. In fact we might just have to split the blog in half, as we don't always agree on every issue. We admire Sarah Palin's determination, and after what we imagine must be the agony that the MSM put her through, it's our turn to ask them as they blindly follow this tour, "How does it feel?" The shoe is now on the other foot.

We are also true fans of Michelle Malkin's style and prose. We hope you enjoy reading the article as much as we did.Two Sisters